Exploring Global Texts with Picturebook Codes in Elementary Classrooms
Elementary teachers at J.E. Moss Elementary explore the critical use of global texts in the classroom with a focus on analyzing the significance of illustrations in literature, as well as the interplay between the illustrations and the text. They created a picturebook codes to center discussions on...
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description | Elementary teachers at J.E. Moss Elementary explore the critical use of global texts in the classroom with a focus on analyzing the significance of illustrations in literature, as well as the interplay between the illustrations and the text. They created a picturebook codes to center discussions on a single topic: a code of color, a code of line, and a code of position and size. This allows young students to have a clear focus when critically reading and analyzing picturebooks in the classroom. |
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spelling | doaj.art-db9ad8c07526439397e615d2bb4afc302022-12-22T04:11:15ZengWorlds of Words: Center of Global Literacies and LiteraturesWOW Stories2577-05512020-12-01VIII22031Exploring Global Texts with Picturebook Codes in Elementary ClassroomsAlexandra Hammond0Molly Miller1Kahla Smith2Elizabeth Weisenfelder3Jeanne Gilliam Fain4 J.E. Moss Elementary, Antioch, Tennessee J.E. Moss Elementary, Antioch, Tennessee J.E. Moss Elementary, Antioch, Tennessee J.E. Moss Elementary, Antioch, TennesseeLipscomb University, Nashville, TennesseeElementary teachers at J.E. Moss Elementary explore the critical use of global texts in the classroom with a focus on analyzing the significance of illustrations in literature, as well as the interplay between the illustrations and the text. They created a picturebook codes to center discussions on a single topic: a code of color, a code of line, and a code of position and size. This allows young students to have a clear focus when critically reading and analyzing picturebooks in the classroom. https://wowlit.org/on-line-publications/stories/volume-viii-issue-2/4/global children's literatureillustrationteachingeducation |
spellingShingle | Alexandra Hammond Molly Miller Kahla Smith Elizabeth Weisenfelder Jeanne Gilliam Fain Exploring Global Texts with Picturebook Codes in Elementary Classrooms WOW Stories global children's literature illustration teaching education |
title | Exploring Global Texts with Picturebook Codes in Elementary Classrooms |
title_full | Exploring Global Texts with Picturebook Codes in Elementary Classrooms |
title_fullStr | Exploring Global Texts with Picturebook Codes in Elementary Classrooms |
title_full_unstemmed | Exploring Global Texts with Picturebook Codes in Elementary Classrooms |
title_short | Exploring Global Texts with Picturebook Codes in Elementary Classrooms |
title_sort | exploring global texts with picturebook codes in elementary classrooms |
topic | global children's literature illustration teaching education |
url | https://wowlit.org/on-line-publications/stories/volume-viii-issue-2/4/ |
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